Sand Tiger

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 7, 2012434 views28 comments

A rare find for me at least, was this interesting abstract of beach sand texture and sunset light. Hope you enjoy it!

D200,
18-70mm,
1/8sec, F/16

Thanks
Chris

Comments

28 comments

Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on June 7, 2012 at 4:27 PM

Cool patterns and texture. Fantastic light as well. Looks great to me as far as processing, comp, lighting, etc. The large image does appear a bit soft, though. Not to pick at a great image!

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on June 7, 2012 at 4:41 PM

Looks like writing! Very cool find indeed Chris. Is it me or is the ULC soft?

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on June 7, 2012 at 4:52 PM

Chris - Nice mix of texture and lighting. Reminds me of flyingover a mountain range at sunrise.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 7, 2012 at 5:00 PM

Very enjoyable! Love all those golden wiggles and how they're scattered through the frame.

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Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on June 7, 2012 at 6:00 PM

Nice contrasting colors and beautiful shapes and textures. All adds up to a fine abstract. Nice job Chris.

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Comment posted by Jeffrey Sipress on June 7, 2012 at 6:20 PM

The perfect moment of horizontal light. This stuff looks alive! Nice, Chris.

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on June 7, 2012 at 6:40 PM

Dig it. Well seen :)

aF

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Comment posted by Kory Lidstrom on June 7, 2012 at 8:28 PM

Awesome. Just awesome. Can't think of a single nit.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on June 7, 2012 at 9:44 PM

Chris, This just looks great to me, and I'm enjoying it very much. Great comp, light and color. The highlighted sand ripples make for such interesting patterns and texture. Nice find, and you captured it so well.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Yiming Hu on June 7, 2012 at 10:14 PM

A sweet abstract. Love these ripples.

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Comment posted by Ben Horne on June 7, 2012 at 11:30 PM

The texture, color and patterns here are fantastic. This is a very well seen image of a moment that was likely measured in brief seconds.

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on June 8, 2012 at 2:14 AM

Lovely. A true visual treat.

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on June 8, 2012 at 2:17 AM

Really pretty image Chris. The patterns and colors look great. It doesn't feel quite as crisp as what I'd normally expect from you - I am wondering if it is the F/16 setting? Overall, still a lovely shot.

Michael

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on June 8, 2012 at 2:22 AM

Chris,

Outstanding! Fantastic use of the light, great color, saturation, texture... And great job filling the frame with the patterns of light and texture.

Very minor nit. The ripples along the bottom seem a little soft. Is that a sharpening thing or a depth, point of focus thing? You may have a tough time deciding on that 70-200 or the 24T/S!

Say, where did you learn to see like this?

This is wonderful Chris.

Lon

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Comment posted by scott lanz on June 8, 2012 at 6:31 AM

Superb abstract, Chris.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on June 8, 2012 at 10:35 AM

Thanks folks!

Lon, Michael, Youssef,
Thanks, yeah it does have some soft spots. I think now that F/16 wasn't really necessary as the depth of the scene was pretty shallow. It's that and as you mentioned Lon, a focus plain issue. I didn't have time to try a focus stack with this either. But it's not like I've ever tried that before. I'm not all consumed with technical perfection, thankfully. But, I do want to go to enough effort to get a good result. I may have to change my approach with certain subjects and situations.

Chris

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Comment posted by Karsten Wrobel on June 8, 2012 at 11:06 AM

this is stunningly beautiful, great find, I'd put that on my wall anyday

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Comment posted by Grant Collier on June 8, 2012 at 2:01 PM

Great abstract! Well seen.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on June 8, 2012 at 4:15 PM

Very well done, Chris. Great to see some unique work posted. Excellent vision on your part.

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Comment posted by Jean Day on June 8, 2012 at 6:46 PM

Wicked abstract with great light.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on June 8, 2012 at 9:12 PM

Wonderful arrangement. The light is perfect of this abstract.

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Comment posted by David Edwards on June 9, 2012 at 3:13 AM

This is really sweet Chris. Wonderful color combination and contrast to reveal the abstract patterns and texture of the sand.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on June 9, 2012 at 12:01 PM

Sweet! Excellent abstract.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on June 9, 2012 at 8:26 PM

Cool image Chris. When I looked at the thumbnail, I thought the highlights were snakes! Nice details in the larger version.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on June 10, 2012 at 4:43 PM

Excellent light and texture!

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on June 10, 2012 at 9:23 PM

Awesome, Chris--love the pattern and colors here!

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Comment posted by Bruce King on June 10, 2012 at 9:37 PM

Nice!....one of the coolest abstracts I've seen in a while.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on June 12, 2012 at 12:46 AM

Nice find, Chris, I'm liking this one a lot!

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